At present, there are various forms of psychological counseling. Generally speaking, there are individual psychological counseling and group psychological counseling.
1, individual counseling. The most common, main and effective form of psychological consultation. The advantage of outpatient consultation lies in its strong pertinence, and consultants can provide targeted services for the specific problems of visitors; With a comprehensive understanding of information, visitors can not only hear what they say, but also observe their expressions, actions and emotional reactions, so as to make accurate judgments; Friendly and comfortable, good confidentiality.
Because outpatient consultation is conducted separately, it can eliminate the concerns of visitors and facilitate in-depth consultation; In addition, visitors and visitors can ask questions at any time and adjust countermeasures according to each other's feedback.
2. Group consultation. Group consultation refers to the professional work of using the knowledge and skills of group dynamics to help group members obtain relevant information through professional skills and methods, so as to establish correct cognitive concepts and healthy attitudes and behaviors.
It is a form of counseling to provide psychological help and guidance in group situations, that is, psychological counselors form groups according to the similarity of the problems of the helped or the spontaneity of the helped, and solve the psychological problems of members through discussion, training and guidance.
Advantages of group counseling include:
(1) has strong appeal and wide influence (multi-directional communication, multi-influence sources, multi-directional feedback and mutual support).
(2) High consultation efficiency, saving money, time and labor, and high efficiency.
(3) Good follow-up effect (real life experience, easy to migrate to life).
(4) Wide adaptability (improving the efficiency of collective cooperation, interpersonal maladjustment, etc. ).
The counseling form of psychological counseling center is mainly face to face. Visitors can make an appointment by telephone and then go to the consultation room for consultation at the appointed time.